Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-52516

Samsung Exynos 1330 Firmware

Published
05 January 2026
Modified
09 January 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 6.2
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0012 2th percentile
Risk Priority 45 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2025-52516 is a medium-severity Untrusted Pointer Dereference (CWE-822) vulnerability in Samsung Exynos 1330 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 6.2 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

An issue was discovered in the Camera in Samsung Mobile Processor and Wearable Processor Exynos 1330, 1380, 1480, 2400, 1580, 2500. An invalid kernel address dereference in the issimian device driver leads to a denial of service.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services Lateral Movement
Adversaries may exploit remote services to gain unauthorized access to internal systems once inside of a network.
T1212 Exploitation for Credential Access Credential Access
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to collect credentials.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2025-52519Same product: Samsung Exynos 1330
CVE-2025-53966Same product: Samsung Exynos 1380
CVE-2025-49495Same product: Samsung Exynos 1380
CVE-2025-54331Same product: Samsung Exynos 1380
CVE-2025-54335Same product: Samsung Exynos 1480
CVE-2025-52517Same product: Samsung Exynos 1330
CVE-2025-52910Same product: Samsung Exynos 1330
CVE-2025-62816Same product: Samsung Exynos 1380
CVE-2025-52512Same product: Samsung Exynos 1580
CVE-2025-52513Same product: Samsung Exynos 1580

Affected Assets

samsung
exynos 1330 firmware
all versions
samsung
exynos 1380 firmware
all versions
samsung
exynos 1480 firmware
all versions
samsung
exynos 1580 firmware
all versions
samsung
exynos 2400 firmware
all versions
samsung
exynos 2500 firmware
all versions

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Developer testing and evaluation can discover instances where untrusted data is turned into a pointer and dereferenced.

Validating all information inputs stops untrusted values from being accepted and converted into dereferenceable pointers.

Memory-protection mechanisms limit the damage from an invalid pointer dereference without stopping the root coding flaw.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly prevent introduction of untrusted pointer handling during development.

DE.CM-09 partial match
prevents

Runtime monitoring of software and data can detect adverse events resulting from exploitation of the weakness.

ID.RA-01 partial match
prevents

Vulnerability identification processes can discover instances of this weakness via code review or scanning.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

finds

Security testing can detect pointer-dereference flaws before release.

prevents

Secure development lifecycle includes pointer-safety practices that reduce untrusted pointer dereference risk.

prevents

Application security requirements can mandate validation of pointers obtained from untrusted sources.

prevents

Secure architecture principles discourage direct use of untrusted values as pointers.

prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly forbid dereferencing pointers derived from untrusted input.

References